Richard Attenborough’s Chaplin (1992) wants us to see a misunderstood genius. What it shows instead is a creepily sanitized hagiography that romanticizes teen girls, trivializes women, and buries the craft. If you want to understand Chaplin, watch his films — not this embalmed biopic.
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